Watkinsville City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 13

- USE REGULATION

The following uses are the only permitted in the City of Watkinsville, and no uses shall occur and no structure shall be erected, structurally altered or enlarged unless the use is allowed as a permitted use, and accessory use, or uses lawfully established prior to the effective date of this ordinance.

Chapter 13.01. - Permitted uses.

	Zoning District
Use	HM	DT	SM	CC	EC	MUO	SB	DR	AR	PI	PRC
Accessory dwelling unit	•						•	•	•
Accessory structure unit	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Alternative tower structure	•	•	•	•	•	•
Art studio	•	•	•	•	•	•
Assisted living		•							•
Attached residential		•(3)				•(2)		•	•
Auditorium				•	•					•
Bed and breakfast	•	•	•
Brewery	•(5)	•(5)				•(5)
Car sales, primarily indoor showroom				•(5)	•(5)
Catering service		•		•
Cemetery				•				•	•
Club				•
Community center										•
Continuing care retirement community				•					•
Convenience store		•		•
Convenience store with gas station		•		•
Cosmetology/salon	•	•	•	•	•	•
Country club				•				•	•
Daycare center			•	•		•
Daycare home			•				•	•	•
Detached residential	•(1)		•				•	•	•		•
Educational facility, preschool				•				•	•
Electrical substation					•					•
Funeral home or mortuary				•
Garage, repair				•	•
Gas station				•
Home occupation	•	•	•			•	•	•			•
Home office	•	•	•			•	•	•	•
Hotel, boutique	•	•	•	•(5)		•
Ice box		•		•
Independent living		•							•
Indoor recreation	•(5)	•(5)		•		•(5)
Indoor recycling Facility	SEE CONDITIONAL USES & APPENDIX A
Industrial services				•	•
Institutional use		•		•		•		•	•	•
Light industry				•	•	•(5)
Light industry, large scale				•	•
Live/work unit	•	•	•
Low impact Agriculture											•
Mansion flat		•				•			•
Microblading		•
Mini warehouse					•
Mobile vendors	•	•		•		•
Museum	•	•								•
Newspaper or printing establishment					•	•
Nursing home				•						•
Office, business	•	•(4)		•		•
Office, corporate	•	•		•	•	•
Office, professional	•	•(4)		•		•
Park, playground (neighborhood)								•	•		•
Parking lot - off street		•		•
Personal care home				•				•
Planned group dwelling									•
Portrait studio	SEE CONDITIONAL USES & APPENDIX B
Pulpwood or log yard					•
Recreation center/facility (amended 11/14/2009)				•	•
Religious institution, community	•			•				•	•	•
Religious institution, mega	•			•						•
Religious institution, neighborhood				•				•	•	•
Restaurant, café	•	•	•	•		•
Restaurant, fine	•	•		•		•
Restaurant, outdoor customer dining area	•	•	•	•		•
Restaurant, small scale	•	•	•	•		•
Restaurant, specialty	•	•		•		•
Retail, large scale				•
Retail, small scale	•	•	•	•	•	•
School, private	•	•		•	•	•
School, public				•
Services establishment				•	•
Special event facility—Non-residential		•(5)		•		•(5)
Special event facility—Residential			•(5)
Swimming pool, private			•				•	•	•
Swimming pool, public				•							•
Townhouse	SEE ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL
Upper floor residential	•	•				•
Vending machine					•	•					•(5)
Veterinary clinic or hospital		•	•	•
Veterinary clinic or hospital w/boarding				•
Warehouse					•
Welding shop	SEE INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
Wholesale establishment					•
Wholesale establishment w/ warehouse					•

(1)

Permitted provided that the home retains the scale and character of the STREET. However, primary focus of district is commercial.

(2)

Units must be clustered along the edge of the district and should serve as a BUFFER between more intense nonresidential uses and the stream BUFFER.

(3)

ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL is permitted as a stand-alone use along the edges of the district acting as a transition to lower intensity land uses.

(4)

Permitted in upper story only in multi-story buildings. (Revised 3/14/2012)

(5)

Requires a conditional use permit under 14.12 and 14.13.

(Ord. of 6-19-2019; Ord. of 12-18-2019(7), § 1; Amd. of 9-15-2021, § 1; Amd. of 2-16-2022, § 1; Amd. of 5-18-2022, § 1; Amd. of 1-17-2024; Amd. No. 2025.04.001, 4-16-2025; Amd. No. 2025.09.001, 9-17-2025; Amd. No. 2025.10.001, 10-15-2025; Amd. No. 2025.10.002, 10-15-2025)

Watkinsville City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 13

- USE REGULATION

Chapter 13.01. - Permitted uses.

	Zoning District
Use	HM	DT	SM	CC	EC	MUO	SB	DR	AR	PI	PRC
Accessory dwelling unit	•						•	•	•
Accessory structure unit	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Alternative tower structure	•	•	•	•	•	•
Art studio	•	•	•	•	•	•
Assisted living		•							•
Attached residential		•(3)				•(2)		•	•
Auditorium				•	•					•
Bed and breakfast	•	•	•
Brewery	•(5)	•(5)				•(5)
Car sales, primarily indoor showroom				•(5)	•(5)
Catering service		•		•
Cemetery				•				•	•
Club				•
Community center										•
Continuing care retirement community				•					•
Convenience store		•		•
Convenience store with gas station		•		•
Cosmetology/salon	•	•	•	•	•	•
Country club				•				•	•
Daycare center			•	•		•
Daycare home			•				•	•	•
Detached residential	•(1)		•				•	•	•		•
Educational facility, preschool				•				•	•
Electrical substation					•					•
Funeral home or mortuary				•
Garage, repair				•	•
Gas station				•
Home occupation	•	•	•			•	•	•			•
Home office	•	•	•			•	•	•	•
Hotel, boutique	•	•	•	•(5)		•
Ice box		•		•
Independent living		•							•
Indoor recreation	•(5)	•(5)		•		•(5)
Indoor recycling Facility	SEE CONDITIONAL USES & APPENDIX A
Industrial services				•	•
Institutional use		•		•		•		•	•	•
Light industry				•	•	•(5)
Light industry, large scale				•	•
Live/work unit	•	•	•
Low impact Agriculture											•
Mansion flat		•				•			•
Microblading		•
Mini warehouse					•
Mobile vendors	•	•		•		•
Museum	•	•								•
Newspaper or printing establishment					•	•
Nursing home				•						•
Office, business	•	•(4)		•		•
Office, corporate	•	•		•	•	•
Office, professional	•	•(4)		•		•
Park, playground (neighborhood)								•	•		•
Parking lot - off street		•		•
Personal care home				•				•
Planned group dwelling									•
Portrait studio	SEE CONDITIONAL USES & APPENDIX B
Pulpwood or log yard					•
Recreation center/facility (amended 11/14/2009)				•	•
Religious institution, community	•			•				•	•	•
Religious institution, mega	•			•						•
Religious institution, neighborhood				•				•	•	•
Restaurant, café	•	•	•	•		•
Restaurant, fine	•	•		•		•
Restaurant, outdoor customer dining area	•	•	•	•		•
Restaurant, small scale	•	•	•	•		•
Restaurant, specialty	•	•		•		•
Retail, large scale				•
Retail, small scale	•	•	•	•	•	•
School, private	•	•		•	•	•
School, public				•
Services establishment				•	•
Special event facility—Non-residential		•(5)		•		•(5)
Special event facility—Residential			•(5)
Swimming pool, private			•				•	•	•
Swimming pool, public				•							•
Townhouse	SEE ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL
Upper floor residential	•	•				•
Vending machine					•	•					•(5)
Veterinary clinic or hospital		•	•	•
Veterinary clinic or hospital w/boarding				•
Warehouse					•
Welding shop	SEE INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
Wholesale establishment					•
Wholesale establishment w/ warehouse					•

(1)

Permitted provided that the home retains the scale and character of the STREET. However, primary focus of district is commercial.

(2)

Units must be clustered along the edge of the district and should serve as a BUFFER between more intense nonresidential uses and the stream BUFFER.

(3)

ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL is permitted as a stand-alone use along the edges of the district acting as a transition to lower intensity land uses.

(4)

Permitted in upper story only in multi-story buildings. (Revised 3/14/2012)

(5)

Requires a conditional use permit under 14.12 and 14.13.

Watkinsville City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 13

- USE REGULATION

Chapter 13.01. - Permitted uses.

	Zoning District
Use	HM	DT	SM	CC	EC	MUO	SB	DR	AR	PI	PRC
Accessory dwelling unit	•						•	•	•
Accessory structure unit	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Alternative tower structure	•	•	•	•	•	•
Art studio	•	•	•	•	•	•
Assisted living		•							•
Attached residential		•(3)				•(2)		•	•
Auditorium				•	•					•
Bed and breakfast	•	•	•
Brewery	•(5)	•(5)				•(5)
Car sales, primarily indoor showroom				•(5)	•(5)
Catering service		•		•
Cemetery				•				•	•
Club				•
Community center										•
Continuing care retirement community				•					•
Convenience store		•		•
Convenience store with gas station		•		•
Cosmetology/salon	•	•	•	•	•	•
Country club				•				•	•
Daycare center			•	•		•
Daycare home			•				•	•	•
Detached residential	•(1)		•				•	•	•		•
Educational facility, preschool				•				•	•
Electrical substation					•					•
Funeral home or mortuary				•
Garage, repair				•	•
Gas station				•
Home occupation	•	•	•			•	•	•			•
Home office	•	•	•			•	•	•	•
Hotel, boutique	•	•	•	•(5)		•
Ice box		•		•
Independent living		•							•
Indoor recreation	•(5)	•(5)		•		•(5)
Indoor recycling Facility	SEE CONDITIONAL USES & APPENDIX A
Industrial services				•	•
Institutional use		•		•		•		•	•	•
Light industry				•	•	•(5)
Light industry, large scale				•	•
Live/work unit	•	•	•
Low impact Agriculture											•
Mansion flat		•				•			•
Microblading		•
Mini warehouse					•
Mobile vendors	•	•		•		•
Museum	•	•								•
Newspaper or printing establishment					•	•
Nursing home				•						•
Office, business	•	•(4)		•		•
Office, corporate	•	•		•	•	•
Office, professional	•	•(4)		•		•
Park, playground (neighborhood)								•	•		•
Parking lot - off street		•		•
Personal care home				•				•
Planned group dwelling									•
Portrait studio	SEE CONDITIONAL USES & APPENDIX B
Pulpwood or log yard					•
Recreation center/facility (amended 11/14/2009)				•	•
Religious institution, community	•			•				•	•	•
Religious institution, mega	•			•						•
Religious institution, neighborhood				•				•	•	•
Restaurant, café	•	•	•	•		•
Restaurant, fine	•	•		•		•
Restaurant, outdoor customer dining area	•	•	•	•		•
Restaurant, small scale	•	•	•	•		•
Restaurant, specialty	•	•		•		•
Retail, large scale				•
Retail, small scale	•	•	•	•	•	•
School, private	•	•		•	•	•
School, public				•
Services establishment				•	•
Special event facility—Non-residential		•(5)		•		•(5)
Special event facility—Residential			•(5)
Swimming pool, private			•				•	•	•
Swimming pool, public				•							•
Townhouse	SEE ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL
Upper floor residential	•	•				•
Vending machine					•	•					•(5)
Veterinary clinic or hospital		•	•	•
Veterinary clinic or hospital w/boarding				•
Warehouse					•
Welding shop	SEE INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
Wholesale establishment					•
Wholesale establishment w/ warehouse					•

(1)

Permitted provided that the home retains the scale and character of the STREET. However, primary focus of district is commercial.

(2)

Units must be clustered along the edge of the district and should serve as a BUFFER between more intense nonresidential uses and the stream BUFFER.

(3)

ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL is permitted as a stand-alone use along the edges of the district acting as a transition to lower intensity land uses.

(4)

Permitted in upper story only in multi-story buildings. (Revised 3/14/2012)

(5)

Requires a conditional use permit under 14.12 and 14.13.